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Artificial Intelligence

Background:

Quadrotor systems are complex, nonlinear, and difficult to model accurately for control.
Coordinated control of heterogeneous multi-quadrotor systems presents significant challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

To address the data-driven optimal formation control for a heterogeneous quadrotor team.
To develop a controller that learns system dynamics without prior knowledge.

Main Methods:

Proposed an optimal cascade formation controller with position and attitude controllers.
Employed a reinforcement learning (RL) approach to learn the controller from system data.
Utilized a virtual leader for tracking and formation guidance.

Main Results:

The RL-based controller successfully learned optimal formation control strategies.
Simulations demonstrated effective formation flight for a heterogeneous multi-quadrotor system.
The proposed controller achieved accurate virtual leader tracking and formation maintenance.

Conclusions:

The data-driven RL approach is effective for optimal formation control of quadrotors with unknown dynamics.
The proposed cascade controller enables heterogeneous quadrotor teams to achieve complex formation maneuvers.
This method offers a robust solution for practical quadrotor formation applications.